Indeed. I too have Asperger's Syndrome and its tough to have social interaction. But I'm not totally self-centered. I think about others. And I don't appreciate it when people bad-mouth those with the Syndrome....................................shirosaki666 wrote: ↑Sun Oct 26, 2008 6:16 amI have Asperger's Syndrome as well, and I understand just how you feel. When I know their trying to understand, or reach out in someway that..doesn't mold well with my thinking, I shut down. Normally I'm high functioning as well, but if I shut down, I completely shut down. I don't do anything at all for an indefinate amount of time. Pretty much just breathe and stare. Occasionally I'll have some slight physical repitionto go with it. (Finger tapping in time with a clock tick, tapping my foot every 3 seconds, curling my hair around a finger 3 times, etc)John_and_Yoko wrote:I have Asperger's Syndrome myself, and while I'm high functioning, I still have difficulty understanding how people are able to think differently from me. In particular, people whose thinking is 180 degrees away from mine--how do you understand someone like that, and therefore how do you deal with them?
But just as hard (sometimes harder) is being unable to use words to say how I'm feeling. Sometimes I think it should be obvious to others, but it isn't. Sometimes I just can't come up with the words--I understand how I'm feeling on an intuitive level, but I can't explain it in words so others can understand. And when they're TRYING to understand, I can feel the pressure being put on me and that makes it worse.
As for spammers, on another forum I'm on there's some jerk who keeps posting the same thing in one of the threads (not a bot), and it hasn't been addressed yet. I really hate that.
One of the usual things to set that off is someone asking a question (usually personal) that I can't put into words to answer. So I get exactly how you feel.
I've gone to counciling for the last year, and I've been doing better but it's still tough.
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Welp, it's official. One of my best friends is leaving the company. This is his last week, as a matter of fact.
True, he wasn't exactly happy with the way things were going, but he was making a decent living. But he'll be going somewhere that pays so much more than we could ever offer, and he'd have an hours-shorter commute, so I'm happy for him. I really am.
But I'm going to miss the guy. We don't really have enough people left for someone to leave, and not change the shop's atmosphere completely.
True, he wasn't exactly happy with the way things were going, but he was making a decent living. But he'll be going somewhere that pays so much more than we could ever offer, and he'd have an hours-shorter commute, so I'm happy for him. I really am.
But I'm going to miss the guy. We don't really have enough people left for someone to leave, and not change the shop's atmosphere completely.
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Pass him a copy of your resume?
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I'm an auto mechanic. He's going into HVAC. And he's working closer to where he lives, which is hours away from me.
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You know how some days you wake up with a feeling that something is going to go really wrong and it's gonna potentially be a massive disruption to your life?
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I know the feeling.tony1695 wrote: ↑Mon Aug 22, 2022 8:06 am You know how some days you wake up with a feeling that something is going to go really wrong and it's gonna potentially be a massive disruption to your life?
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Yes I have dealt with people like that.Technic[Bot] wrote: ↑Tue Aug 23, 2022 4:06 am Have you ever talked with some people and felt you were talking to the wall?
Jesus I have not dealt with so unreceptive people in ages... Now i know how my High school teachers feel on a daily basis.
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It's one of those nights when I can't trust my thoughts. It's difficult to sleep with an overbearing feeling of helplessness. I know it will pass, I've been here too many times, but it's always hard to ignore.
I don't really have anyone I feel I can tell about this. Nobody I trust enough to listen. At least not without it being an inconvenience to them. So I'm typing this post just to scream into the void. Hoping there's something in it that will hear me. Feels appropriate given how unused this thread is.
I don't really have anyone I feel I can tell about this. Nobody I trust enough to listen. At least not without it being an inconvenience to them. So I'm typing this post just to scream into the void. Hoping there's something in it that will hear me. Feels appropriate given how unused this thread is.
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Don't let your thoughts control your life.
My father died last week, it's sad, I will miss him, at this moment I'm not sure if I'm going to do the things alone we did together, but I will try.
My father died last week, it's sad, I will miss him, at this moment I'm not sure if I'm going to do the things alone we did together, but I will try.
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I've been there. And I still don't have a good coping mechanism. But if it makes you feel any better, that's what this thread is for, and as empty as it is in here these days, there are still those of us who would gladly take the time to listen, myself included. Sometimes, when you're feeling like that, the best thing that can happen to you is just to be able to talk about it.
Back when I was in high school, I had that mindset for a while. I was a bit of a loner, tended to be on my own most of the time.. but when some classmates asked me how I was doing, I told them I was sad and lonely. I told them how I was really doing. I just needed to talk about it. Next period, I was called to the Guidance office to discuss my depression, and I heard the two girls I talked to come in and ask if anyone had talked to me yet, because they were so worried. Ever since, I've just been too worried people would do things like that, that I never talk about that stuff with anyone anymore.
It's not a healthy response, I'll openly admit that. It's definitely better to say something. Problem is, when you feel like you're the problem, you feel a strong urge to not cause more problems, and will thus never tell anyone who would actually care. But telling people who would care, and would actually be able to help, never comes up as a thought. It's a dark place to be. Just know that you're safe here. Call for help, or just scream into the void to get it out there, but this is a good place to do it.
Back when I was in high school, I had that mindset for a while. I was a bit of a loner, tended to be on my own most of the time.. but when some classmates asked me how I was doing, I told them I was sad and lonely. I told them how I was really doing. I just needed to talk about it. Next period, I was called to the Guidance office to discuss my depression, and I heard the two girls I talked to come in and ask if anyone had talked to me yet, because they were so worried. Ever since, I've just been too worried people would do things like that, that I never talk about that stuff with anyone anymore.
It's not a healthy response, I'll openly admit that. It's definitely better to say something. Problem is, when you feel like you're the problem, you feel a strong urge to not cause more problems, and will thus never tell anyone who would actually care. But telling people who would care, and would actually be able to help, never comes up as a thought. It's a dark place to be. Just know that you're safe here. Call for help, or just scream into the void to get it out there, but this is a good place to do it.
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I want intelectual support!!!
Life without intelectual support is hell.
Life without intelectual support is hell.
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It's always tough to find somebody smart enough to ask for help, especially when you're the one they go to. I'm a mechanic by trade, and some of the people who come in for service would make me quit my job in a heartbeat if I had to deal with them directly without support, if only out of pure stupidity.
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Whats even the point of introducing myself;
whats the point in anything my life always goes [censored]
no matter what.
whats the point in anything my life always goes [censored]
no matter what.